, 1887-07-24
STRUNG up IN swEETwATER.
4 Commodious Liar Tells. of a Sensa-
tionaI Wyoming Hanging.

back IN the early days. The execution
was a novel one, and was long regarded as
the most surprisingly unique affair which
had ever claimed the attention of the then
rough people of the border-simply be,
cause it was a legal one. On this occa.
sion the victim was Ed. Comstock, known
i'll elite circles as Big Foot Ed" He
murdered a miner named John Van
Nliet and robbed him of his gold dust.
That same afternoon Ed. Comstock was a
prisoner in the hands Of a vigilance com
mittee. A young man who was hunting
from a place of c%oncealment above the
trail, came in and reported it, and Ed
arrest speedily followed.
Judge Lynch was soon in mis- terrible
seat, and the culprit was araIgned for trial
at what the roughs used to denominate "a
law game in which all the percentage was
in favor Of the bank" The idea of a
jury, proposed by one of the miners, was
a novel one and Ed was by a unanimous
vote held to await the action OF the grand
jury. This action met with the unquali-
fed approval of the people at large. John
SNAbA5ShH ~ SANANhNNBNAN "iO bOADAIA VI
having a son teaching school in Iowa, re-
marking that legal legality was far more
open to appropriateness in this day an
gineration thar illegal illegality could ever
tie, " and, too, he thought the sport O.
witnessin' the executional %obsequles d
interest the United States hon able ledge
an sorter weld his affections to the
town.
i shall not enter into the details of the
trial. Ed was convicted and sentenced
with all due sOlemnity to be hanged by
the neck until dead, the sentence wind
ing up with the usual prayer, and | may
add the only prayer a Western judge
ever permitted to gain egress from his
lips.
is everything arranged in proper
shape, Tom?' asked Ed OF the sheriff on
the morning of the day set for the execu-
ton.
"Nothin' has bin left undone, Ed, an
the things agoin' to be a grand success.
The posts o the seaffOld s bin feschooned
with flowers by the girls, an they've tied
red, white an blue ribbons on the rope
above the moose. An they're goin' ter
sing a song, tOo-they're a practisln' on
it now. | tell you Ed, you'd orter be a
proud man to get SIGH a gorgeous send
off"
bos, 80 - Hon W ~ IoNoi
sion an make it pleasin' an interestin'
fur the boys. But say, wouldn't it make
Pine creek look sick if we could ring in
a gospel man to taper the thing off in a
style, by firth his jaw on a suitful
prayer, an sort o consolin' of me, you
know, durin' the progress o the enter
statas my " ~ " " 'ne
W. ,bouob, q, ,ho, I'll h.. a..
e. we thought that, I'D. Dut thai
: : ,ah sHS pun on .no range an we can !
IL 49, ~piaS geeIa W. peSRcu
aon " w ~ iuI ne iooAs nke q par
sG.il ~ IT, GuU ie hlcheu pach arus
WIN oo'I ieeU an salu Una was axlh TOO
. hE eatu ne was Win 70 40 any
SllHs u reason 70 ada 70 the Joy o the
lestlSltles' PuC ne hau a character at
STAKE, an a family PACK IN the states, an,
NJ uiuh ! Pelpose 10 suHy n ana
pain 'ue oVnc. oy maxim sich a WId
Play rs tnut an III was rlght' 100 Ed'
YOU NnoM 'ha'.
Oo W ne Was. l wouiuh 40 II my
olii al We Il maxi IL 20 on peasant
any INV ! Il give tIe boys a speech
tia' Il plcHsG GU an ChaI, with the girls
r"sarm N"p q" ny o~uCsequcnV
Iuner"I Il uo lust rate 1ur the lrst at
'en m
Inc Scah9iu was erected on a flat on
Ihe 1ahks oI the creek: IL was, as the
sherlh Solu the condemned, tastetuily
ueGorateu win wllu lowers pine b9ughs
ana Ilpp9ns, ahu presented a very hand
sone anu attractive appearance In the
center Oh me cross peam' from which the
rop angled was a wreath oil cedars en-
cirelihg the sentiment;
Eat e farewell our brnther dere,
m a.. g ~ -
~ nG moo ~ Vi 'he scalola was strewn
Ti1n liesIiy CUT grass: ana Two framed
lnomos borrowed IRON the ohpper sa'
.Gon' hu5S on Ine upright posts, Nothing
lnaI "oulu ennahee the beauty OF the
sem u coh'rloute 10 the pleasure OF the
Sohuemheu seemed 10 nave been over
looked -,
II was a Rata gay IN the little noun
.HIn own az III carry hour the lnhabl
untS were astir ana M coming enter
nm " inc one theme OF CONVEX
Sau3n. me men put on their oes'
clothes ana the glriis' the inevitable